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San Francisco will require retailers to accept cash as payment, joining Philadelphia and New Jersey in banning a growing cashless system that discriminates against low-income people who may not have access to credit cards.

Giant Chinese tech companies have bypassed credit cards and banks to create their own low-cost digital payment systems. The US credit card system siphons off excessive amounts of money from merchants, who must raise their prices to cover this charge. In a typical $100 credit card purchase, only $97.25 goes to the seller. The rest […]

(TIM) — Recently, several major card issuers have banned cryptocurrency purchases with credit cards. While it can be easy to think that this is a move specifically to attack crypto, let’s not forget that debit card and bank transfer purchases are still allowed. So why ban credit cards? Well, there are three main reasons why card companies would be […]

In June of 2017, a group of 200 scientists and medical professionals called on the international community to ratchet up restrictions on the production and use of triclosan and triclocarban – 2 antimicrobial chemicals found in shampoos and cosmetics. They cite “extensive peer-reviewed research” which suggests the ingredients are potentially harmful. [1]

This week on the New World Next Week: Russia rolls out its Visa/Mastercard alternative; it's Gladio B redux as a German soldier is caught posing as a refugee to stage terror; and the Austrian government wants to tax your tweets.

This week on the New World Next Week: Russia rolls out its Visa/Mastercard alternative; it's Gladio B redux as a German soldier is caught posing as a refugee to stage terror; and the Austrian government wants to tax your tweets.

(ANTIMEDIA) Government campaigns of intimidation — like the wars on drugs, terror, and poverty — have been used to extort the public for decades. Despite the previous failures of institutional “wars,” a new war on cash is being waged that threatens freedom in a more subversive way than ever before.